Detail of kithara on an Etruscan sarcophagus

Unknown (Etruscan)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

ca. 325-275 BCE

Height:

88.0 cm  (34 5/8 in.)

Width:

210.0 cm  (82 11/16 in.)

Depth:

73.0 cm  (28 3/4 in.)

Dimensions for sarcophagus

Technique / Medium:

volcanic tuff

Place of creation:

Vulci (Italia)

Description

Detail of a female kithara player on the far right of frieze.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Lawergren, Bo. "The cylinder kithara in Etruria, Greece, and Anatolia", Imago musicae: International yearbook of musical iconography 1 (1984) 147-174, fig. 17. RILM 1984-07037.

RIdIM record id

4860